A Brazilian woman returns to her hometown Rio de Janeiro after years abroad. She has missed Carnaval the most, the party that lasts four days and where people can be whoever they want to be. Do the masks the people wear reveil who they really are, or do they hide their real identity?

Tales of a steam train, an old lady and a city that has grown too big. The use of old and new photo’s, the funny stories and the catchy soundtrack take you back in time to the first years of the steam train.